I’m one of those lucky girls who happens to come from a long line of amazing cooks. 
Between my mom, grandmothers, aunts, and close family friends, I’ve been set up for success in the kitchen. When I think of my mom in the kitchen, her banana bread always comes to my mind first.
It’s so her. It’s so good. It’s my mom’s best banana bread.
And there’s not even any butter! So it’s basically a health bread, right? This banana bread rules. I promise.
To me, banana bread just isn’t the same without the sweet addition of chocolate chips. It’s kind of like peanut butter and jelly. A peanut butter sandwich on its own is good, don’t get me wrong ~ but adding the jelly just makes your taste buds sing, Halleluuuuuujah!
I’m partial to the mini chips. They’re just so darn cute. And can we take a minute to discuss the sheer volume of mini chips that I have somehow INHALED during the baking process? I really should just buy two bags. One for the recipe, and one to eat while making the recipe. It’s embarrassing.
Okay, moving on.
I. Love. Bread. Like, pretty much any kind of bread. I’ll make an excuse to eat bread any time of day, all day, every day. My mom makes this rock star banana bread that I have come to make my own. It’s light, fluffy, and just freaking delicious. Every time I eat it, I’m reminded of home. I can eat an entire loaf in one sitting.
Seriously.
And sometimes (all the time) I eat it too fast and I get this thing my sister and I call “bread throat” where it feels like you have WAY too much bread trying to go down the pipes at one time, and it hurts really, really bad! But oh man, it tastes so good, so you just keep going.
It’s just my fave. Period. The end.
Thanks mom!
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 ripe bananas (no more than 3 or the bread will be heavy)
- 3/4 - 1 cup chocolate chips (as few or as many as you like)
- 1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream the oil, sugar, and eggs until thoroughly combined and fluffy.
- 2) In a separate bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and baking powder.
- 3) In three additions, add the dry ingredients to the wet, being careful not to over-mix.
- 4) Add the milk, vanilla, and bananas and combine until just mixed. (I like to mash my bananas separately before adding to the batter. If you prefer to see banana chunks in your bread, then simply add the bananas directly).
- 5) Fold in chocolate chips. Pour batter into one greased loaf pan for a large loaf. Bake for 55-60 minutes at 350 degrees. Or you can use two loaf pans and make two smaller loaves. Then bake for about 45-50 minutes.
- This also makes great muffins. Just reduce baking time to 20-25 minutes.
Kathryn says
I’m making this!
Laney says
Go for it Kath! You’ll love it 🙂 Make some for your new husband!
Rachel Zacrep says
Yessssssss wooooo! I can’t wait to make this
Kristiana says
I’ve got some bananas that are going bad FAST, so what do I do? Search through my bookmarks for a recipe I was sure I had saved. Couldn’t find one, so of course, I search through Foodgawker for 10 recipes and start narrowing it down. I’m reading yours, and I go “Who gets bread throat? Who actually eats anything that fast?” (I have a slightly irrational fear of not being able to breathe because something is blocking my air passageways.) Anyways, a few mins passed and I settle on your recipe and another, with yours serving as the main point of reference. Muffins came out perfect, and while it was still nice and warm, I grab one, and immediately start gobbling it down. Of course, I got bread throat. Didn’t even care! Laughed off the irony and tried to push more down my greedy throat.
BTW your pictures are great, and really help seal the deal when it comes to choosing a recipe. I was able to compare things like batter consistency to make sure I wasn’t making a mess – figuratively 🙂
Life is but a Dish says
OMG Kristiana, this had me laughing out loud! Welcome to the “bread throat” club:) Isn’t it the worst? But you can’t help yourself and keep going! I’m so glad you found my recipe and that you liked it! And thank you so much for the pictures compliment, it truly means a lot 🙂 I hope you continue to find inspiration! xoxo
jaclyn campbell sparkman says
Omg im laughing so hard about the bread throat first of all. Second i have been meaning to ask you for this recipe for so long! I can remember eating the whole loaf at your house in one sitting…..best banana bread ever!!!!
Trisha says
Hi! About how many muffins does this recipe make? Thanks!
Life is but a Dish says
I believe it makes about 24 regular size muffins!
Silvia says
Thank you for this recipe! My sons love banana bread and I decided to double the recipe. Just finished baking 1 loaf and 24 muffins. I didn’t have a “to go recipe”, well now things have changed 🙂
Life is but a Dish says
I’m so happy you love it! We’ve been making it since I was a kid and we LOVE it!